The Shadow Welfare State
Subtitle: Labor, Business, and the Politics of Health Care in the United States (ILR Press Books)
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: June 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780801437458
Subjects: Political science & theory; Welfare & benefit systems; Politics/International Relations; Labor Economics (Specific Aspects); Health Care Policy; Public Policy - Social Policy; Business & Economics; Politics / Current Events; USA; Labor unions and health insura; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; Public Policy - General; Public welfare; Labor; United States; Government policy; Insurance, Health; Labor unions and health insurance
First sentence: The U.S. welfare state is a peculiar institution that is not well understood.